OK, remind me: I saw this show in its last legs in the original production, I don’t remember who closed that production, I just remember being disappointed in it after I had heard such great things about the play for so long. I thought then that maybe it was only great with its original stars. Were the roles any age? I don’t remember. Could actors 25 years later play this play? Maybe I should give it another chance with these original stars.
I Assistant House Managed a play called DUST some years ago Off-Broadway starring Hunter Foster and Richard Masur. That has nothing to do with this production but I do find it funny that 2 different plays would have this title!
Saw Fiddler for my 21st time tonight, But this post is not about that. In the second act, this jerk lights up her phone right before a heart wrenching scene where Golde tells Tevye that their daughter, Khave, has married a Russian. I’ve been really good lately with phones and talking and crinkling wrappers in the theatre but when I saw that this jerk was going to peruse her phone, I leaned over and quietly but forcibly said, “will you please turn that off!” She was scared an
Sorry, Skip 23, I must disagree with you. Have you never seen a foreign film where your eyes go down a moment to read the subtitles and then back up to see the actors? If not, you’re missing out on a lot of classic brilliant films.
And if you miss this production of Fiddler because of the subtitles, you’ll miss a very special experince.
As others have noted here, there are English Supertitles on either side of the stage. So, please don’t let the fact that you don’t know the Yiddish language stop you from seeing this amazing production! Besides the usual phone going off or the never ending talkers and rustle candy wrappers that always come to the theatre these days, there is usually a hush in the audience as you realize most everyone is reading the text and wants to stay with the story. Even if you think you
The actor portraying Fyedke, Mr. Cameron Johnson, obviously has a great body, BUT he is also a student of the Manhattan School of Music. He has an amazing tenor voice that is needed for his role in the show. He is also a fine dancer and plays his scenes beautifully. I think those qualities were why he was cast in this role.
Of course Ms. Hoffman was directed “as such”, as well as her own decisions on how to play this role. She has been interviewed and asked about this many times.
Her portrayal of Yente is both hilarious and heartbreaking. Her last scene with Golde saying goodbye is almost impossible to watch it’s so emotional and private. I think Ms. Hoffman is giving her best work to date here.
As Ms. Hoffman said in an interview, “he’s the best Tevye- evye&rdquo
“I think it’s total concentration, isn’t it? I think you just don’t feel things like that if you’re totally concentrated. I did Much Ado on tour with 102 degrees fever every time I started. I couldn’t get rid of it. But that’s how you can play when you’re sick. And if you are a big star and don’t play, it’s an enormous disappointment to the audience.” - Katharine Hepburn, 1973
Haven’t heard any cast album and don’t plan to. Every time I start seeing a show many times (Yiddish Fiddler), I say to myself, “go see something else”. I won the Lottery to Hadestown the Sat matinee before the Tony’s. Energy? Yes. Mr. de Shields wonderful? Yes. But I never became involved in any story that was trying to be told. I went dizzy with the constant revolving turntables and up and down elevator that I thought was overused. In short, it wasn’
I saw it in NY and don’t remember liking it except for Ms. Ann Wedgeworth. She was very funny. I remember the set was all these towering buildings with terraces and Ms. Wedgeworth was out on one and said something like, “I come out here every night and just start thinkin’ of all the people out there in the city doin’ it...”
As tragic as Ms. Nickerson’s passing is, the real tragedy is what her son and daughter-in-law have gone through since Ms. Nickerson’s stroke a year ago. Her son has had to work two jobs just to make ends meet. Her daughter-in-law had to quit her job to take care of Ms. Nickerson at home full time. Now, after her passing, the two have had to create a Go Fund Me page to carry out Ms. Nickerson’s wishes of being cremated as well as the costly hospital bills. This is how “
Eve: Although I am going to Hollywood tomorrow to make a film, do not think for a moment that I’m leaving you. My heart is here in the theatre and 3000 miles is too far to be away from one’s heart. I’ll be back to claim it and soon, that is, if you want me back.
Dick Cavett: How do you deal with the problem of having to go back and tell a friend that he or she was lousy in a play?
Katharine Hepburn: Oh I think that’s the biggest bore in the world. I hate it when people come back and don’t tell me I was wonderful. I mean what can I do about it? I’ve already done it. I mean I was trying as hard as I could. Oh I think that’s the biggest bore in the world.
Mixd bag for me. I don’t really like everyone standing the second an Ensemble member starts the bows. I guess it could be a real feeling of thankfulness for what they just saw but it feels phony to me.
When I saw Bill Irwin/Kathleen Turner in Albee’s Virginia Woolf I was in the first row center. I didn’t stand at the end. I really liked it but it was a pleasure just to be in the first row and not have to stand to see the bows. I remember Ms. Turner looked down at me a
How can you do an older Hepburn without the voice and tremors? It's like doing an older Bette Davis and forgetting to grab your cigarettes before going on stage.
I'm rethinking what I wrote. I mean Metcalf and Lithgow didn't try to look or sound like the Clintons. So maybe...
Jun 21
2019, 11:15:21 PM
Seen it 13 times- so far. Thx for posting this clip.
